Signpost #3 – Just Do It!

Marcia LebharArticles

It’s over! The deliverance has been accomplished! The people God has chosen and made his own have walked through the sea, with walls of water standing back for them on both sides (Exodus 14:22, 29). … Read More

Signpost #2 – Assume Deliverance

Marcia LebharArticles

So here are the people of Israel, a million strong. Having experienced the miraculous deliverance of Passover and hurriedly left their homes in Egypt, they have been driven in to a desolate and fearful dead … Read More

Signpost #1 – Helplessness is Helpful!

Marcia LebharArticles

THE FIRST SIGNPOST The first signpost to catch my attention is the one our Zin Canyon hike underscored. It might read:HELPLESSNESS IS HELPFUL! Saved from the final plague of the angel of death by the … Read More

Faces (Invisibility)

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We say he is the image of the invisible God, (Col. 1:15) but even in his coming to us and taking on flesh, Jesus is still invisible. Willing to be invisible… unrecognized… unacknowledged. You can … Read More

Know That I Know

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A year of grieving loss is about to close for our family. We sat beside two dying loved ones a year ago this summer. First was my husband’s mother, and then my sister. Both times … Read More

Do…Then See

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One of the most oft repeated principles taught at the recent ACNA conference at Ridgecrest was Bishop Todd Hunter’s reminder: obedience precedes understanding. The phrase is variously attributed to the church fathers, George McDonald, and … Read More

Lists

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I make lists. To-do lists. And then I feel so much better, even before I have actually done a thing. I make lists with paper and pen. Then I can see the progress of items … Read More

Wait!

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There’s something about having to wait that challenges each of us, and the way we wait tends to be pretty revealing. Neil seems to wait patiently for elevators. Why not? We can’t make them come … Read More

White Hot Faith

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Canon Jim Hobby prayed such a radical prayer on our recent clergy day. Referring to Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego facing the furnace to which obedience in Babylon took them, Jim prayed, “Lord, would you give … Read More

Supernatural Specs

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Can those of you who are near-sighted like me recall the first time you ever put on a pair of prescription eyeglasses? I will never forget the shock of discovery, at age six, that the … Read More

What’s Your Empty Stable?

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OK. A little glimpse of Lebhar family history. Neil’s fastidious mother and I were once working side by side in the kitchen of his childhood home. Neil was looking on. I was apparently being extra … Read More

Eavesdropping

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This summer Neil and I had the decidedly unhappy task of admitting to ourselves that the shrubs to one side of our front door were dead and must be removed. A small team of people … Read More

Bike Riding…Bible Reading

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We spilled into our last sabbatical tired and out of shape in every way, physically, emotionally and spiritually. “There are bikes in the shed,” they told us. “Help yourselves”. Hmmm. Maybe. One day we ventured … Read More